Danganronpa: The Greatest Japanese Hero

Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
The Greatest American Hero is owned by Stephen J. Cannell

First off, many thanks to those who reviewed this fic, I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here the current story arc picks up where the last chapter left, in which Naegi and Maizono got the shock of their lives when a familiar face showed up in Hope's Peak Academy, and while their classmates appeared clueless, Naegi and Maizono felt that a nightmare is about to engulf them upon seeing a dead man coming back to life, though this chapter may soon offer varying reaction once this new character began making himself accessible to the students and may try to clear some misunderstandings with the two academy students. Better still...read on and enjoy!

At the classroom, the homeroom teacher repeatedly told Naegi and Maizono to take their seats as the two remain standing and the classmates are starting to take notice at Naegi and Maizono's reaction, and as the homeroom teacher approaches the two to try to get the two teens to sit down, Naegi loses it and began demanding answers from the homeroom teacher, and the teacher is surprised at Naegi's tone and tries to calm him down as Naegi demanded who the new teacher is and why is he here at Hope's Peak Academy.

"Sensei!"

"Mind your tone, Naegi..."

"Who is that guy?"

"Naegi...what..."

"Sensei...who is that guy? What is he doing here...?"

"Sensei...who is he?"

"Naegi...Maizono...both of you please take your seats and..."

"Please answer us!"

The homeroom teacher told the two to calm down as the new teacher began writing his name on the white board, introducing himself as Musiku Direkutah, but then Naegi began shouting and asks if he is Taren Tomaneja in disguise, which he classmates blinked their eyes and slowly deduced why Naegi and Maizono were like that, and they slowly realized that the new teacher bears a resemblance to Maizono's former manager, and even Kirigiri sensed that something is off here and plans to talk to her father later as the classroom became quite tense as the homeroom teacher tries to calm Naegi and Maizono down.

Believe It Or Not by Joey Scarbury
(Opening Song from The Greatest American Hero)

Look at what's happened to me,
I can't believe it myself;
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
Should've been somebody else.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

Just like the light of new day,
It hit me from out of the blue;
Breakin' me out of the spell I was in,
Makin' all of my wishes come true.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

Ch. 77: Akademī no Fuan

The homeroom manager held onto Naegi as he is starting to move closer in confronting the new teacher and the homeroom teacher tries to calm him down as he has never seen his student act like that before, and the noise started to attract attention and students from other sections were roused and slowly went to the classroom of Class 78, and there they saw the source of the commotion as they saw the homeroom teacher holding down Naegi as he screamed at the fact that the new teacher is Maizono's tormentor.

"Stop this right now! You are causing a disturbance here...!"

"Get that guy out of here! He is Maizono-san's former manager! I don't k ow how he survived, but I assure you he is Taren Tomaneja!"

"Stop this at once or you will get detention..."

"Don't stop me! I won't let him lay a finger on Maizono-san!"

"Stop this at once!"

"Let me go!"

"Stop this outburst this instant!"

"I won't!"

By then, Musiku Direkutah began speaking, and spoke in a calm tone and told Naegi and the homeroom teacher that he understand the reason, and said that he is Taren's twin brother, and he did not deny what Taren did to Maizono, and he apologized if his physical apearance caused him and Maizono emotional discomfort, which seemed to caused Naegi to stop his actions, and there Musiku said that he has no idea that Naegi and Maizono are studying here and is hoping that by teaching here he would help establish his own identity and erase the sins of his twin brother. He then told Naegi and Maizono that he is willing to explain his side to Naegi and Maizono if they are willing to listen, and said he is not insane like his twin brother which caused doubt to Naegi and Maizono.

"I apologize for what my twin brother did to the two of you."

"..."

"..."

"I assure to you...I am not like him."

"..."

"..."

"Rest assured...I will act as a good teacher to you two."

"..."

"..."

Outside, the other students were surprised upon hearing this and soon word got out that the new teacher turns out to be Taren Tomaneja's twin brother, and this caused various reactions to students and even the staff, causing an unprecedent word which would soon cause them to question Jin on why he hired a person who resembled Maizono's stalker, and the students are giving their opinions on whether Musiku can be trusted or not.

"Eh? The new teacher?"

"He's the twin brother of Taren Tomaneja?"

"Seriously?"

"Where is he now?"

"What is going to do?"

"Will he get kicked out?"

"..."

"..."

Back at the classroom, Musiku bowed to the students and said he is looking forward to teach them and left, and there silence echoed the room and the homeroon teacher berated Naegi and Maizono for their behavior and said they cannot just judge a person based on his looks, but Naegi and Maizono answered back saying that he could be Taren in disguise, and but the homeroom teacher said that Taren died and was buried, and that was it, which caused the two teens to went silent, and the homeroom teacher said as punishment they are going to the detention room, and the two reluctantly followed.

As Naegi and Maizono were led away, Ibuki stood there as she too saw it and she is in a state of disbelief and Kuwata came and the two talked, and they expressed concern at what happened a while ago, and they too wondered if Musiku is really a different person or if Taren came back from the dead due to him being identical to Taren himself, which they gave differing opinions which did not help matters as Kirigiri spoke to the two, saying she will question the headmaster herself about this.

"...so I will question the headmaster about this matter."

"Really?"

"Ibuki is worried about this."

"Do not worry. Leave it to me."

"Okay, if you say so."

"You want Ibuki to help?"

"No need. I will handle this."

"Okay."

"Fine."

By then the homeroom teacher came back and told Kuwata to go inside and classes went into session where he talked to the students about the incident as Ibuki went back to her classroom as she is still concerned about Naegi and Maizono going through like that.

-x-

At the detention room, several minutes later, you can see Naegi and Maizono sitting together and both are silent, as they felt that they've been haunted by a ghost, and by then Maizono began crying in his arms feeling she got sucked in to a nightmare and he hugged her while making soothing sounds just to calm her down, and he wondered if the new teacher is Taren or just someone else who resembled him and soon he realized that maybe he is jumping to conclusion as he slowly recalled how Taren died several months ago, and tries to calm Maizono down who is still crying.

"Shh...its okay..."

"..."

"I promise I will investigate that new teacher..."

"..."

"I'll see to it that he won't lay a finger on you if henturns out to be a bad guy..."

"..."

"I'll protect you...I promise."

"..."

By then the door opened, in which Ibuki and Kuwata came in, in which they intend to cheer up the two and said that Kirigiri is making her own investigation on who the new teacher is, and Ibuki said that she recalled reading the newspaper about Taren being dead, and said that the teacher may resemble Taren, there is no way to know if he is the same person so all they have to do is wait and see before they judge him, and Kuwata agreed, and Naegi appeared to agree with this and told Maizono it would be okay and assured that he will protect her, which finally calmed her down.

"You hear that, Maizono-san...?"

"..."

"Kirigiri-san is conducting an investigation. We should be receiving information by the end of the day."

"I..."

"Its okay...I'm here for you...I'll see to it that no harm would approach you."

"Naegi-kun..."

"I promise."

"Thank you."

-x-

Later, at the meeting room, Jin is with the teaching staff and they are discussing about Jin's decision on letting Musiku Direkutah have a job at Hope's Peak Academy, and some of the teachers expressed concern about Musiku, as he physically resembled Taren Tomaneja and his appearance might cause anxiety among the students but Jin stood by his decision in letting Musiku teach in this academy, as he showed to them Musiku's credentials as well as his personal info, saying that Musiki and Taren are different persons despite their physical resemblances, and said that he is not judging applicants based on their physical looks but on their academic records, and Musiku proved it as his records showed that be used to teach at an elementary school in the past.

However, the other teachers were not convinced and voiced their opposition.

"We are not convinced."

"He is still a liability."

"Twin brother or not...he could still cause problem in this academy."

"Listen, everyone...we cannot just boot him out onnthe account of his resemblance to Taren Tomaneja..."

"That is our decision...he must go."

"I agree."

'"Do something about it, Jin."

"We mean it."

By then Kyoko Kirigiri came and listened to the discussion and remained mum on this as Jin said that if Musiku do something that would tarnish the academy, then he will take action, but until then, Musiku will start working here, and the teaching staff resigned to fate, as they mentally decided to leave Jin to his own devices, expecting him to get into trouble the moment Musiku do something bad. As the staff left, Kirigiri spoke to her dad and asks him if he did the right thing in letting Musiku take the job in this academy without investigating him, in which Jin gently rebutted his daughter's words.

"I already have, Kyoko."

"You did?"

"Yes."

"You don't sound convincing since you chose not to become a detective. Appearances can be deceiving, dad."

"I made a thorough study on his records. He is clean."

"Really, dad?"

"Yes. I checked his records and resume. Here..."

"..."

Jin showed to his daughter the records of Musiku, and she looked at it, in which it showed his personal information, and it showed that the information is CLEAN, but she decided to do a thorough investigation so she made a xerox copy and took it with her as she told her dad she is going to the statistics office to check out Musiku, which he told his daughter not to take rash actions but she said she would have to do this to know, and to put her classmates' minds at ease once she gets the answers and she left the office, and the academy, which Jin sighed and hoped that he did the right thing in hiring Musiku, as Jin is not the kind of person who would judge a person based on personal appearances and other form of discrimination like his co-workers would do.

-x-

Much later, Naegi and Maizono's detention time are up and they left the detention room, and as they are heading back to their classroom, they are approached by the guidance counsellor and she spoke to the two after having heard of what happened earlier and seeks to help the affected parties, so as to set everyone's mind at ease and maintain a good relationship between teachers and students, and began speaking to the two teens.

"Naegi...Maizono..."

"Ma'am..."

"Ma'am..."

"I heard about what happened earlier..."

"You did...?"

"..."

"I think you shoukd give Mr. Direkutah a chance."

"Eh...but..."

"But, ma'am...I don't think that's..."

The counsellor told the two that Musiku may resembled Taren but it doesn't mean he is the same and he is a different person and urged the two teens to talk to Musiku and get to know him first before judging him, so that they would know more about him and that way it would put everyone's mind at ease, and both Naegi and Maizono glanced at each other, unsure whether to take up the advice or not, and they wondered if this is a good idea or not, and they remained undecided over the matter and the counsellor seemed to understand the two students' predicaments. The two decided to head back to class for now and bowed to her as they left.

As the two are passing by the hallway, they passed by the music room and there Naegi and Maizono saw Musiku and he is glancing at the props and is sitting in front of a piano, looking like he is reminiscing something and began playing the piano, which the tone borders on R&B soul and ballad, and the two were rather amazed at how well Musiku played, and they whispered among themselves if Musiku is just a CARBON COPY of Taren or not.

"Whoa...he's quite good in playing the piano..."

"Naegi-kun..."

"What is it, Maizono-san...?"

''Is that teacher really...?"

"I...I am not so sure..."

"Naegi..."

"Don't worry..."

"..."

By then Musiku saw the two teens and smiled as he invited them to come in, and the two teens reluctantly did, and there they stood in front of Musiku, and he began to tell the two that it is true that he is Taren's twin brother yet he is nothing like him, and assured to them that he does not condone what Taren did to Maizono and apologized to her for what Taren did in the past, surprising her at seeing how sincere Musiku is, while Naegi is observing him and slowly sees that Musiku appeared to be a different person and is not like Taren.

"...and so I apogize for what Taren did to you several months ago..."

"..."

"I understand your reluctance...and I do not blame you. But you already know...Taren dued when he fell to a tub full of water while holding a stun gun...that resulted to his death. Please...do not take my appearance seriously...I am nothing like Taren and will not act like him."

"Sir..."

"If you are willing to get to know me better...your fears and doubts will slowly be at ease."

"Um...are you sure, sir...?"

"Yes."

"..."

After a few more minutes, Naegi and Maizono began to warm up to Musiku as he began playing the piano again, and the atmosphere inside the music room became serene and peaceful, and it appeared that all is well and both Naegi and Maizono no longer have the anxiety they felt earlier, as they are convinced that Taren Tomaneja is truly dead and will no longer haunt Maizono again.

To Be Continued... .

Hope you like this chapter, as Naegi and Maizono are still trying to overcome the situation they are in...and somehow the new teacher was able to convince Naegi and Maizono to warm up to him...though Kirigiri is going to conduct her own investigation about the new teacher...

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See next chapter on how Naegi and Maizono handle the new teacher...

See you in 2 to 3 weeks...

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